There’s tons of vids on my drive but it takes a long time to get to those, ya know? Anyway, the community Easter egg hunt was cool except for the lack of eggs (Lack of funding? Envirobullshit? No one knew.).
Category: Exploits
We are Legion, or the Ts have already won.
– NOTICE OF BAGGAGE INSPECTION –
To protect you and your fellow passengers, the XSA is required by law to steal your wife’s panties and confiscate your house keys so you can’t get in when you arrive home from your 26 hour flight at midnight inspect all checked baggage. Your bag was among those selected for physical inspection (possibly because it contained used women’s undergarments).
During the inspection, your bag and its contents may have been searched for prohibited or tantalizing items. At the completion of the inspection, many of the contents were returned to your bag (albeit not in the orderly or sensible fashion in which they were originally packed). Also, we forgot to completely zip up the outside pockets so that stuff was falling out of it when it reached the baggage carousel. In addition, we forgot to replace the suitcase straps… Our bad!
If the XSA officer was unable to open your bag for inspection because it was locked, the officer may have been forced to break the crappy die-cast metal locks meant to keep out petty thieves and perverts on your bag. Our bad! We routinely invest in million dollar x-ray porn machines, but can’t afford a bent paper clip! XSA sincerely regrets having to do this, however, XSA is not liable for damage to your locks resulting from this necessary security precaution (because if we wanted to be accountable for our actions, we wouldn’t work for the government!).
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
Airport waiting
Time for the long journey home, boarding in five minutes.
LAX does itself no favors instituting a mandatory full body search for parents carrying baby milk, and the comically serious airport policeman cruising around these hallways on a Segway makes things seem so… LA.
nth Degrees of Mike Shinoda
We’ve been too busy to post anything for a couple weeks and that’s a good thing… It’s been too fun meeting up with family, friends, and random celebrities. In the one month we’ve been here, I’ve seen Shaq driving a convertible on the 405 (not really), Kid Rock in a bar in Monterey (not really), DJ Qbert walking into the character breakfast at the Disneyland hotel (probably not really), and became aware that I have a mere two degrees of separation from Lincoln Park/Fort Minor headman Mike Shinoda (really).
More photos and stuff will follow after our return home. We’re departing on April 25 and will be home at the end of the month after a quick staging period in Bangkok.
The Children’s Museum at La Habra
This museum was about 40 minutes away from our house and had the most impressive trophy room I’ve ever seen. I mean, it was like a great trophy room with a bunch of stuff for kids to do as well. For the purpose of edutaining kids, this place gets 3.25 stars out of 5 (but if it had been crowded it would have dropped below 3, I think).
Their flashtastic website is here.
Fishing Derby at Mile Square Park
Although we skunked out like most on that day (in spite of 1,600 lbs of rainbow trout being stocked a couple days before), we had a great time. We met Phil Friedman and everybody around us was friendly. The kid fishing next to us picked up his sister’s pole when it bent over late in the day (his sister had gotten bored and wandered off somewhere) and he pulled in the biggest fish of the day. All in all, it was a good day.
Visiting the Lakewood Pony Adventure / Petting Zoo
2 stars out of 5, yo. Worth a pity visit if you’re in the area.
First three days back
Day 1: Indoor rock climbing with my little sister
Day 2: First snow for Mina and Max, up at Wrightwood
Day 3: Storytime at the Main St. Branch of the Huntington Beach Public Library. First beach visit – we parked in the state beach lot and started walking to the water, but MAx and Mina got distracted by the sand so we headed back. Still too cold anyway. Got a SIM for my phone (more on this later) at At&T and went indoor climbing again. Pho dac biet for late dinner.